September 12, 2008: A Long and Beautiful Day in Manhattan

70 Days to Baby Day! (30 Weeks Pregnant) Thirty weeks of pregnancy.  I can’t believe how quickly time has flown.  We have just been so busy since having gotten pregnant that we really haven’t had a chance to slow time and take stock of how quickly everything is happening. After working really late last night, …

July 18, 2008: Wow, is it ever hot!

This entire week has been really, really hot and today it is much hotter than it has been.  Dominica and I were hoping to have started our mortgage process today to get things lined up as quickly as possible so that we could make an offer on the townhouse in which we are most interested, …

June 11, 2008: Finally a Break from the Heat

Last night there was an amazing thunderstorm here in Newark.  All of the heat had so much pent up kinetic energy to discharge and it really put on a show.  It was pretty late at night when suddenly we went from calm and stagnant heat to crazy wind, torrential downpour and continuous lighting. When the …

February 10, 2008: Oreo Isn’t Feeling Well

Dominica decided that she was so close to finishing the entire first season of Dexter in a single sitting that she decided to just make a run for it and wrapped up around two in the morning. Oreo got me up in the middle of the night, as expected, for a walk. This always happens …